Space For Cycling – Ravenscourt Park

Our ask in the Ravenscourt Park ward of Hammersmith and Fulham proposes:

Aschurch Park Villas is used as a rat-run despite existing calming

Despite previous attempts to calm the road, Ashchurch Park Villas is a rat-run used by through motor traffic. This not only causes problems for local residents but also creates crossing traffic which endangers vulnerable road users. A scheme needs to be devised to further calm this link but retains through cycling.

Supporting statistics for this proposal

For each of the wards we have combined a series of local statistics on traffic, the use of the local area and air quality to give an idea of the current situations in numerical terms. Each of these are presented in standard tables, followed by some commentary. We’ve attempted to summarise statistics in years between elections, which means the latest statistics are only for three years rather than four (highlighted by a *).

KSI by mode

2010-12*

2006-09

2002-05

Cycle

4

6

2

Pedestrian

2

8

12

Vehicle

3

9

15

KSI is the sum of deaths and serious injuries from collisions. In this ward there have been some improvements in safety for those in vehicles, but cycles appear to remain overly represented.

Traffic by Mode

2010-12

2006-09

2002-05

Cycle

106

161

100

P2W

85

146

100

Car

78

99

100

Vans

96

139

100

Bus

96

110

100

MGV

102

175

100

HGV

82

101

100

Motors

81

105

100

There are 2 DfT count points in this ward. Taking 2002-05 as a base of 100, it is clear that cycling increased during the 06-09 period but then seemingly dropped. Car use is declining rather dramatically in recent years.

There are 6 schools in this ward with a total of 2495 pupils.

Air Quality (ug/m3 annual mean)

2008

2011

2015 Target

2011 achieved

PM10

20.45

19.46

-31%

-5%

NOx

76.12

63.28

-35%

-17%

NO2

42.1

37.92

N/A

-10%

Air quality in this ward has come inside the EU limit for NO2 (40 ug/m3) in recent years but only just. Reductions in PM10 by 2011 make reaching the 2015 target doubtful.

Census

2011

2001

Change

Cars/Vans

3119

3538

-419

Cars/Vans per 1000 people

375

431

-56

Households

4819

4739

80

with no access to car/van

2315

2045

270

%

48%

43%

5%

In the most recent census we can see that there has been a decline of 419 in cars and vans owned in this ward. 48% of households have no access to a car or van.

Journey to Work

2011

2001

Change

Residents counted

8310

8212

+98 (+1%)

Not employed

2589 (31.2%)

2932 (35.7%)

-343 (-12%)

Homeworker

787 (9.5%)

633 (7.7%)

+154 (+24%)

Commuting residents

4934 (59.4%)

4647 (56.6%)

+287 (+6%)

Bicycle

449 (9.1%)

257 (5.5%)

+192 (+75%)

On foot

620 (12.6%)

555 (11.9%)

+65 (+12%)

Motorbike/moped

110 (2.2%)

110 (2.4%)

0 (0%)

Car/van driver

723 (14.7%)

1063 (22.9%)

-340 (-32%)

Car/van passenger

46 (0.9%)

53 (1.1%)

-7 (-13%)

Tube

2206 (44.7%)

2026 (43.6%)

+180 (+9%)

Train

182 (3.7%)

139 (3%)

+43 (+31%)

Bus

548 (11.1%)

389 (8.4%)

+159 (+41%)

Taxi

18 (0.4%)

17 (0.4%)

+1 (+6%)

Other

32 (0.6%)

38 (0.8%)

-6 (-16%)

The census shows striking changes in car use again with 32% fewer residents commuting by car. The greatest percentage increase has been in cycling but still only 449 residents commute by bicycle.

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We are the local branch of the London Cycle Campaign (LCC) for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. We also cover Shepherd's Bush but that's not part of the name of our borough, a fuller guide to where we cover is here.